1996 PGA Tour

The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events (plus one event cancelled due to weather). Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners. The season notably featured the first Tour win for Tiger Woods. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 7Mercedes ChampionshipsCalifornia Mark O'Meara (11)271 (−17)1,000,000180,000
Jan 14Nortel OpenArizona Phil Mickelson (6)273 (−14)1,250,000225,000
Jan 21Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Mark Brooks (5)337 (−23)1,300,000234,000
Jan 27Phoenix OpenArizona Phil Mickelson (7)269 (−15)1,300,000234,000
Feb 4AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCaliforniacancelled after 36 holes - weather[1][2](1,500,000)(270,000)
Feb 11Buick InvitationalCalifornia Davis Love III (10)269 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Feb 18United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii Jim Furyk (2)277 (−11)1,200,000216,000
Feb 25Nissan OpenCalifornia Craig Stadler (12)278 (−6)1,200,000216,000
Mar 3Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Greg Norman (18)269 (−19)1,800,000324,000
Mar 10Honda ClassicFlorida Tim Herron (1)271 (−17)1,300,000234,000
Mar 17Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida Paul Goydos (1)275 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Mar 24Freeport-McDermott ClassicLouisiana Scott McCarron (1)275 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Mar 31The Players ChampionshipFlorida Fred Couples (12)270 (−18)3,500,000630,000
Apr 7BellSouth ClassicGeorgia Paul Stankowski (1)280 (−8)1,300,000234,000
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Nick Faldo (8)276 (−12)2,500,000450,000
Apr 21MCI ClassicSouth Carolina Loren Roberts (3)265 (−19)1,400,000252,000
Apr 28Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina Mark O'Meara (12)274 (−14)1,800,000324,000
May 5Shell Houston OpenTexas Mark Brooks (6)274 (−14)1,500,000270,000
May 12GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Phil Mickelson (8)265 (−15)1,500,000270,000
May 19MasterCard ColonialTexas Corey Pavin (14)272 (−8)1,500,000270,000
May 26Kemper OpenMaryland Steve Stricker (1)270 (−14)1,500,000270,000
Jun 2Memorial TournamentOhio Tom Watson (38)274 (−14)1,800,000324,000
Jun 9Buick ClassicNew York Ernie Els (3)271 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Jun 16U.S. OpenMichigan Steve Jones (5)278 (−2)2,400,000425,000
Jun 23FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee John Cook (7)258 (−26)1,350,000243,000
Jun 30Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut D. A. Weibring (5)270 (−10)1,500,000270,000
Jul 7Motorola Western OpenIllinois Steve Stricker (2)270 (−18)2,000,000360,000
Jul 14Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia Scott Hoch (7)265 (−19)1,250,000225,000
Jul 21British OpenEngland Tom Lehman (3)271 (−13)2,200,000310,000
Jul 21Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi Willie Wood (1)268 (−20)1,000,000180,000
Jul 28CVS Charity ClassicMassachusetts John Cook (8)268 (−16)1,200,000216,000
Aug 4Buick OpenMichigan Justin Leonard (1)266 (−22)1,200,000216,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipKentucky Mark Brooks (7)277 (−11)2,400,000430,000
Aug 18Sprint InternationalColorado Clarence Rose (1)31 (Stableford)1,600,000288,000
Aug 25Greater Vancouver OpenCanada Guy Boros (1)272 (−12)1,000,000180,000
Aug 25NEC World Series of GolfOhio Phil Mickelson (9)274 (−6)2,100,000378,000
Sep 1Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Loren Roberts (4)265 (−19)1,200,000216,000
Sep 8Bell Canadian OpenCanada Dudley Hart (1)202 (−14)1,500,000270,000
Sep 15Quad City ClassicIllinois Ed Fiori (4)268 (−12)1,200,000216,000
Sep 22B.C. OpenNew York Fred Funk (4)197 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Sep 29Buick ChallengeGeorgia Michael Bradley (1)134 (−10)1,000,000180,000
Oct 6Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Tiger Woods (1)332 (−27)1,650,000297,000
Oct 13LaCantera Texas OpenTexas David Ogrin (1)275 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Oct 20Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Tiger Woods (2)267 (−21)1,200,000216,000
Oct 28The Tour ChampionshipOklahoma Tom Lehman (4)268 (−12)3,000,000540,000
Source:[3]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Tom Lehman United States69.32
2Fred Couples United States69.57
3Mark O'Meara United States69.69
4Tom Watson United States69.73
5Greg Norman Australia69.76

Source:[4]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Lehman United States1,780,159222
2Phil Mickelson United States1,697,799214
3Mark Brooks United States1,429,396293
4Steve Stricker United States1,383,739222
5Mark O'Meara United States1,255,749212

Source:[5]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Greg Norman Australia10,484,06518
2Tom Kite United States9,657,32519
3Fred Couples United States8,437,10212
4Corey Pavin United States8,026,84314
5Payne Stewart United States7,926,7739

Source:[6]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tom Lehman United States
PGA Player of the YearTom Lehman United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tom Lehman United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Tom Lehman United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Tom Lehman United States
Rookie of the YearTiger Woods United States
Comeback Player of the YearSteve Jones United States

References
  1. "Weather ends Pebble Beach Pro-Am". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). Associated Press. February 5, 1996. p. 7B.
  2. "Washout forces cancellation of Pebble Beach Pro-Am". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire services. February 5, 1996. p. C2.
  3. "1996 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  4. "Scoring Average – 1996". PGA Tour.
  5. "Money Leaders – 1996". PGA Tour.
  6. "Career Money Leaders – 1996". PGA Tour.
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